Court crowd hoists underwear to protest verdict

The Jakarta Post | Tue, 03/01/2011 3:41 PM | Archipelago

Family members and friends of two convicts in Bandung protested a district court verdict on Tuesday by waving underpants of various colors around the courtroom.

The hearing had seen Deni Muharom and Carli Hamdani found guilty for stealing rocks meant to be used in the construction of a house belonging to Uma Maryono. The pair had allegedly stashed the rocks on a vacant lot in Bandung.

For their crimes, the court ordered the pair to serve nine months’ in prison.

Prosecutors had demanded Deni and Carli serve 1.5 years in prison.

However, after the verdict was handed down acquaintances of the convicts chanted and waved underwear around the courtroom.

“The verdict is unfair. A legal mafia [is at play] here. Take these underpants.” they said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

The crowd paraded in front of the court’s chief, Joko Siswanto.

Gayus verdict in S. Jakarta District Court today today

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 01/19/2011 9:35 AM |

South Jakarta District Court is scheduled on Wednesday to deliver its verdict for graft defendant Gayus Tambunan, charged with tax-related corruption.

State prosecutors had earlier asked the court to sentence the defendant to 20 years’ imprisonment and pay fines of Rp 500 million (US$55,000).

Gayus’ case has attracted public attention as it has also implicated many high-ranking tax officials, law enforcers and large companies.

Dulmatin accomplice to face verdict today

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 01/13/2011 12:11 PM | National

Defendant and terrorist suspect Abu Haikal aka Sofyan is scheduled to hear the verdict of a panel of judges presiding over his case at West Jakarta District Court today.

According to attorney Chairul Fauzi, Abu was found guilty of assisting most-wanted terrorist suspect Dulmatin, tempointeraktif.com reports.

Abu Haikal was found to have assisted Dulmatin in securing a rental property that was later used to plan military-style training in Aceh.

Abu Haikal was arrested in Pamulang, South Tangerang, in early March 2010, while his protector, Dulmatin, was killed in a gunfight with the police counterterrorism unit.

Abu Haikal is also a former police officer of Depok Police. He left the job in February 2009.

Verdict expected in Blowfish trial

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 12/20/2010 10:55 AM | National

The South Jakarta District Court is expected to issue verdicts on Monday for four defendants implicated in a deadly brawl in Blowfish Bar and Kitchen in South Jakarta in April.

Prosecutors have demanded that the defendants - David Too, Rando Lili, Bernardus Malelak, and Kanor Lolo -  be sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.